The cameras can be activated by staff if an incident occurs with a passenger

Dave Cox, the ground operations manager for Aurigny, told The New York Times: “As a small community airline, a vast majority of our passengers are very friendly, polite, respectful, and often know our staff personally.

“However, like with all carriers, you may occasionally encounter individuals who can be rude, aggressive and abusive to our staff.”

Richie McBride, the chief executive of Edesix Ltd, reckons it won’t be long before airlines start handing out the cameras to their flight attendants.

Speaking on her blog, she said: “Times are tense enough in the skies as it is right now, and I can’t imagine that flyers’ knowledge that I’m wearing a body camera wouldn’t turn the heat up several degrees on that.

“Both sides of a conflict can start video at will, so neither perspective would be the entire one, and I don’t want to be in an environment where my passengers will automatically view me as an opponent.

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